...difficulty. Various Correspondents request an Fxpfanatiou of the following Ttxt of Scripture : — " I SHALL see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but rot nigh: there shall come a Stir out pf Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out oi Israel, and shall smite...

...that that prince, of whom (as they might easily have heard) it had been so very long foretold, " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel*." And it is a very remarkable circumstance, that one of the ancient commentators on the Timaeus of Plato...

...High, [which] saw the Vision of the Almighty, falling [into a trance,] but having 1? his eyes open : I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh, that is, the Messiah, whotn he probably saw in a -vision, and therefore broke out in this abrupt manner,...

...where there is no more death. My brethren, / die, but God zvill surely visit you. There shall come 41 Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and unto him shall the gathering oj the people be. The LORD thy God will raise up unto tliee a Prophet,...

...prophesy. For it has, probably, either a retrospect to that famous prediction of Balaam, Num. xxiv. 17, "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near; there shall come a star out of Jacob and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel ;" and looks forward...

...take notice of. The first is that of Balaam, Numb* xxiv. 17, 18, 19. « I shall see him but not now j I shall behold him, but not nigh : There shall come...Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the comers of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. VOL. IL L Edom shall be a possession, Seir also...

...strength, and victory, so as no enemy shall dare to provoke him. XXIV. 17 / shall sec him, but not now : 1 shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall tine out of Israel, and shall smite the corners 'of Muab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. I...

...Christian cause in this matter. Numb. xxiv. 17. Part of the prophecy of Balaam there recited, is, " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall bear rule over all the children of Seth." The Christians interpret this of the Messiah, and so does...

...Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 17 for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake bhu\l come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners...

...heaven, in prophetick stile, denote kingdoms and empires. In the prophecy of Balaam, it is said, " There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel." In Daniel's vision of the he goat, it is said, "His horn waxed great, even to the host of heaven, and...